Problems with the current Russian OOB (#11).

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I looked at the Global security link and there is nothing about a HEAT or HESH warhead.

Pat, if someone wants to question the data and suggest it is wrong and needs adjusting neither you nor I should be expected to drop what we are doing and wade through data links for hours doing their legwork.

I do not have the time or interest in doing that and guessing neither do you really so for these kinds of issues it's up to the person questioning the data accuracy to present links that prove they are correct so that corrections can be made.

Featuring a 320 kg high explosive (HE) warhead, Kh-29 missiles are fitted with an impact target sensor, allowing penetration of the exterior of the target prior to detonation.

does not indicate it has a HEAT warhead only a delay to detonation


Don

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At the moment can give only source in Russian. Kh-23 is «Х-23» in Russian letters.
http://авиару.рф/aviamuseum/...a-raketa-h-23/

Here is the third paragraph from end:
«Боевая часть ракеты кумулятивно-осколочно-фугасная, снаряжена мощным взрывчатым веществом типа ТГ-40. В двух бортовых сегментах боевой части помещено 1488 готовых поражающих элементов — стальных кубиков с ребром 10 мм, которые при подрыве разлетались вбок и вперед. БЧ обеспечивала сплошное поражение небронированных целей в радиусе до 40 м и уничтожение защищенных объектов с толщиной брони до 250 мм. БЧ снабжалась неконтактным взрывателем РОВ-19Л, обеспечивавшим подрыв при пролете над целью, а в случае прямого попадания срабатывали находящиеся в рулевом отсеке контактные датчики СКД-24.»
Translation:
“Missile warhead is cumulative splinter high explosive equipped with powerful explosive TG-40. In two side segments of warhead 1488 ready splinter elements are placed – steel little cubes with edge 10 mm which scatter sideways and forward after detonation. Warhead provided complete defeat of unarmored targets within a radius of 40 m and destroying of protected objects with armor thickness up to 250 mm. Warhead was equipped with proximity fuse ROV-19L providing detonation when flying above target, and, in the case of direct hit, contact sensors SKD-24 located in the steering compartment were triggered.”

In Russian “cumulative” means HEAT.
In provided figure (the second from end) we can find:
• note number 30 – oskolochno-fugasno-kumulyativnaya boevaya chast F-23M – splinter high explosive cumulative warhead F-23M.
• note number 33 – stalnaya konicheskaya kumulyativnaya voronka – steel conic cumulative funnel.

So this munition was designed to combine HE and HEAT features.

Besides, HE Kill value of 100 kg regular bomb is 30 so HE Kill value of Kh-23 should be more than 30. Now it is 25. At the same time AGM-65 has HE Kill value 56 with warhead weighting 136 kg.